Combination ladder and ironing board



Oct. 6, 1931. n w CAMPBELL 1,826,504

COMBINATION LADDER AND IRONING BOARD Filed Nov. 28, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet l Momma;

Oct. 6, 1931. w. CAMPBELL 1,326,504

COMBINATION LADDER AND IRONING BOARD Filed Nov. 28, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 this applicationycomp'rises a platform 1' Oct. 6,

WILLIAH' CAMPBELL, or TULSA, OKLAHOMA oomeinnmronj LADDER AND momma BOARD Application filed Noirember 28; 1930. Serial No. 498,887.

This-invention aims to provide a device which ,may be used 81131161 as an ironing board-or as ajstep ladder at the willof an operator, novel 1 nieans, =jbeing; provided for:

a holdingztheparts of the articlein such shape that it maybeused either asan ironing board foras' step ladden: Another object of, the

invention is to provide; novel meansfor pivota'lly1 connecting thelegs eta-the boardto .the platform; and forisupportlng the flat-, iron hOTClGY-IL/ 'ltis' within the provinceof disclosure *to impr'ove igenerallyiand to enhance the .utility of devices-10f that type to which the invention appertains;

dotlier objects in view,

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whichjwill appear asflthedescription proceeds; the inventlon resides 111 the combina- V tion and ar'rangement of parts and in the details of -,,construction:hereinafter described and-claimed, it being understood that changes inthe preciseembodimentjof the invention herein disclosed,v may lee-made within the. scope of what'is claimed, without departing irom thej spirit of the invention. 111;. the i -ac comp-anyingi drawings v Figure 1 shows in side 'elevation, adevice "of the kind hereinafterfdescribed; in use as air-ironing boardcyit zg-v I 4 Figure 2 is a top "plane-fR a Figure-v3 is a tranverse section; a Figure 41s an end elevation; V Figure is .a vertical section showing the article set up ior use as a ladder. 7 The device forming the subject matter of providedwith a hole 2--in one end, by which r the article can be hung up when not in use. 3

A transverse cleat 3 1s secured to the under side of the platform 1 andis located near to one end of the platform. Across the upper end of-the'plati'orm extends a metal strap 4 I n which is in vertical alignment with the cleat a 3. The strap 4 has downwardly extended, 5

allelsto the ends of the cleats 3. The cleat 3 rectangular ends 5 (Figure3) disposed paris not quite so wide as the platformv 1. A pivot rod 6 extends through they cleat 3 from-endto end. L

The'numera-l 8 marks a main leg including side bars 7 connected by cross pieces 9. The upper ends of the side bars 7 of the main leg 8 are mounted to swing on the pivot rod 6, between the ends of the cleat 3 and the rectangular ends 5 of the metal strap ,4.

i The side bars 7 of the main leg 8 are connected by a rod 10 on which one end of a U-shaped brace 11 is mounted to swing,

the opposite end of the brace being adapted to be engaged in a seat 12 on a keeper plate 14: secured to the under surface of the platform 1, the keeper plate having an addiftional seat 15, the use of which will be explained hereinafter; Auxiliary legs 16 are provided, and, are" mounted to swing on the pivot rod 6, out- 1 wardly of the ends 5 of the metal strap 1,

as Figure 3 will show. The pivot rod-6 is provided at its ends with enlargements 17 which cooperate with the auxiliary legs 16 to hold them in place for swinging move-v ment'in a direction at-right angles to the axis of the pivot rod 6. vOne of the enlargements 17 retains a suspension member 18 in the form of a hook. '4 The auxiliary legs 16 are connect'edintermediate their ends by a metal tie 19 carrying a suspension element 23. The use of the suspension element will be explained hereinafter. The tie 19 is provided at its ends with rectangular fianges20 which overlap the outer surfaces of the auxiliary legs 16, the flanges being secured to the said legs. The flanges 20 are provided at their inner edges with' forwardly extended projections 21, wliich may be hooks. Braces 22 are pivotedat 24c to theside'bars 7 of the main leg 8'. Atytheir lower ends, the braces22 have lseats 25adapted to. receive the projections 21 on the auxiliary legs 16.

As shown in Figure 3, a strip 26 of metal is secured at 27 on top of the strip t that extends cross wise of the platform 1. Intermediate its ends,, the strip 26 is offset at 28 toform asocket, adapted to receive an underlying finger-29on a fiatiron support 30, in'the form of a plate, disposed above the platform 1 and. provided with an asbestos linings 31; a

[swungxdoivn into parallel relation to the 'mainleg 8, and the platforms The general operationof the device, when in use as'an ironing board, will be understood v readily 'when Figure l of the drawings is noted. WVhen it is'desired toknocli down 12 of the. keeper plate 14-, thebrace 11 is 1 swings down on the main leg 8. The device, thus,"is dis posed n 'a small compass when not in use.

The suspension member 18 isused to carry a bucket of water or 7 used while'cleaningoperations are performed ;l-he auxiliary legs gvar'dly' into the position shown in Figure i eo' V v V When the'device 1s to be used as'a ladder,:

; t ls'set' up, as shownin-hlgur'e 5.

bars? become 'the stiles of i i-ladder. Y The on the "platform 1. Especial. attention is directed to the inetal' strop At of Figure 3; This part has a double function, First, it

, j afio'rds an anchorageior the flat-iron 30:" and secondly,

for the pivot'rod-fiwhich carries the auxiliary legs '16: and-the side bars 7 of the main The side the cross pieces 9 become the treads of a;

plate 141.." v e 16 are swung back- "5, and are held in that position'by'engag'ing v ung up on the suspension element 23 of the tie 19, within convenient reach of an operator;

The device forming 'the' subject matter of fthisapplication is simple in construction but] k 7 it afiordsam'eans whereby aperson may llflVdGltheffin ironingboard orga step ladf any other substance, 7

uppo its ends form bearings" brace bein detachable leg, when the; body is in a horizontal posi-V tion, and being movable iary leg again, when-the body is in a-vertical the ladder, and

p platform 1 forms the prop for ,the ladder, thegoutajfend of the bracegll beingengaged with theseat on the keeper ,body, thee-plvot-memberbeing mountedi'in" zsaid from P ste, y-

side of the body 1, when the is in a substantially vertical position,

v as in Figure 5, the second brace 22 being detachable from the auxiliary leg. 16 when the body is in the firstspecified position (of Figure 1), and being movable to engage the auxiliary leg agam,

when the-bodyis in the second-specified position, thatis, in the position of Figure 5.

:' Having thus described the invention,-what isclai ned is: v I r j 1. a device'of' the class described, a body, 'main and auxiliary legs having a com mon pivotal connctionwith the body, a brace forming a detachable connection between the body and the main leg, and a second brace forming a connection between the'mainjand auxiliary legs, and locatedon'one side of the body, when the body is in a; substantially horizontal position,=theauxiliary leg being movable to a'n outstanding position on the a substantially vertical 7 position, the second to engage th'e auxilposition.

. opposite side of therbody wh h i y in l from the auxi a y] 2. In a device ofjthefclass described, a

body, a 'cleat on the body, :a pivot member "carried by the cleat, a strap extended across the top of the body "and having is rectangular ends which depend over thefedges of the' depending ends, said,endsibeingspaced the ends of the cleat, amain leg'mounted on the pivot member, between said ends ofxthestrap and' the ends of'the cleat,rauxiliary legs mounted on the pivot member, out Wardly of said endsofthe'strap', a'brace con-l nectingthe main ileg' with the body, and 'lhraces connecting the auxiliary legs with the" ,ody. w

V In testi ony that "I: claim 'the foregoing as my own, I have hereto. aflixed my signature; i

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der without being called upon 'to provide himself with two separate instrumentalities capablelof functioning, ironing board and as a step ladder, a'single" respectively, as an structureaccomplishingadouble purposeii .Jj

forming Amonglother 'combinations,'f the' de'vice forming the subject matter of this application i 1 comprises abody 1,a inain'leg 8 andfan aux-* V 7 r eiliary leg-l6 having common pivotal connec tion at6 with the body, a brace 11 forming a detachable connection betweenthe bod-y .1

and the. main leg; 8,

and the 

